Russia's Gazprom Delivers
Its First LNG Order to Japan

By

Greg Walters

Updated Aug. 21, 2006 12:01 a.m. ET

MOSCOW -- Russian natural-gas monopoly OAO Gazprom said Friday it had successfully completed its first shipment of liquefied natural gas to Japan.

Gazprom has been seeking to position itself to be a major player in the global LNG business, and the announcement came one day after Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced it had signed a deal with...